TRIED FOR ESPIONAGE.
A GERMAN IN SWITZERLAND. BRIBED SWISS TO SPY ON ALLIES. •Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received 2.50 p.m.) BERNE, August 28. Hcrr "Somer. Wolffs Agency represen- , tativc in Switzerland, will be tried at Lausanne for espionage, and also for violating Swiss neutrality. Somer came , to Switzerland immediately on the outbreak of war, and organised German propaganda in the principal Swiss towns. Later he -became chief spy, bribing Swiss subject*, to travel England and France for purposes of espionage.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 206, 29 August 1916, Page 6
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81TRIED FOR ESPIONAGE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 206, 29 August 1916, Page 6
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